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For some time now, I've held the belief that marketing has become a little too conformist. When every marketer ends up using the same metrics, the same dashboards, the same models and frameworks, something bad happens - everybody starts to see the problem in the same way, and when everyone sees the problem in the s…

This is a very interesting book, both for marketers and normal people. It is especially interesting for anybody working in a service industry. John Sills will love it. It's ostensibly about dating and human relationships. What it shows, from extensive research, is that initial attraction does not translate well int…

Every autumn, a familiar corporate ritual begins, finance departments excitedly flex their red pens, scouring budgets for another 0.3% of "efficiency improvements." Here is my suggestion for this planning and budgeting season - we have officially run out of road on cost-cutting. The problem is that if everyone use…

For some time now, I've held the belief that marketing has become a little too conformist. When every marketer ends up using the same metrics, the same dashboards, the same models and frameworks, something bad happens - everybody starts to see the problem in the same way, and when everyone sees the problem in the s…

Will Dyson’s £419 toothbrush be a hit? Honestly, I’m not sure (although I note it is currently sold out on Dyson’s website). When the news broke last week, I found myself in the studio with Richard Shotton and dentistry business expert Adrian Dray. This was an irresistible opportunity to talk about how psychology c…

This is a very interesting book, both for marketers and normal people. It is especially interesting for anybody working in a service industry. John Sills will love it. It's ostensibly about dating and human relationships. What it shows, from extensive research, is that initial attraction does not translate well int…